Open AccessA broken bone no longer a burden to carry: a destination in sight
Author(s) -
Saabea Owusu Konadu,
Dominic Konadu-Yeboah,
Gilda Opoku,
Obed Ofori Nyarko
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
african journal of current medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2579-0242
DOI - 10.31191/afrijcmr.v4i2.70
Subject(s) - sight , alliance , carry (investment) , case fatality rate , psychological intervention , medicine , road traffic , environmental health , medical emergency , business , transport engineering , geography , engineering , finance , psychiatry , population , physics , archaeology , astronomy
Worldwide the third leading cause of death among persons under 40 years is attributed to trauma(1). In Ghana road traffic accidents have a case fatality rate of about 17%(3). Over the years with interventions and policies by AO Alliance the burden and morbidity following trauma especially road traffic accidents have reduced; with a destination in sight where a broken bone is no longer a burden to carry.